Page 29 - Commonly Disregarded Qur'anic Rulings

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 27

ONE SHOULD NOT REMAIN
BEHIND WITHOUT AN EXCUSE

Those believers who stay behind—other than those
forced to by necessity—are not the same as those
who strive in the Way of Allah, sacrificing their
wealth and themselves. Allah has given those who
strive with their wealth and themselves a higher
rank than those who stay behind. Allah has promised
the best to both, but Allah has preferred those who
strive over those who stay behind by an immense
reward.” (Surat an-Nisa’; 95)
In this verse, Allah explains the situation of those Muslims
who do not feel and display the zeal becoming to a believer.

That is why they cannot be given much responsibility and are
left to their own devices. Avoiding due effort for the cause of
Islam without suffering any guilt is a moral weakness. Such
believers are described as lower in rank compared to those
who make a strenuous effort for the cause of Islam and risk
their lives and possessions to earn the good pleasure of Allah.
The words, “Allah has preferred those who strive over
those who stay behind by an immense reward” in the
verse above imply the vastness of the difference between the
two groups. To risk noble rank in the Hereafter for a minor
benefit in the life of this world never befits believers. There
can be no question of reluctance or lagging behind in the intel-
lectual struggle on Allah’s path for a true believer who loves
Allah above all things and has no aim other than pleasing Him.
The believer wages an intellectual struggle to bring about the